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Description: | Zuccarelli worked in Venice from 1730, becoming a famous painter of views. In this painting, the artist combined an Italianate landscape, which recalls the Campagna region, with a view of one of the famous churches of Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore. The combination of such disparate elements to create a capriccio was a genre popularised by artists such as Zuccarelli during the eighteenth century. These imaginary scenes were desirable souvenirs for visitors to Italy, and were particularly favoured by British gentry visiting Italy on the Grand Tour. | Subjects: | landscape (capriccio); buildings and gardens (San Giorgio Maggiore) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Zuccarelli, Franco (Italian painter, 1702-1788) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8850... | Go to resource |
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